Image:Curveball-magnus-effect.jpg

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English: The Magnus effect, highlighted by this image, causes a spinning ball to curve more than is attributable to gravity alone.

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Description

This image shows ideal-air-flow (potential flow) velocity vectors and transparent pressure-coefficient contours on a moving, rotating ball. The airflow simulation was performed in SymLab using the Professional add-on. It was rendered in POV-Ray and annotated in GIMP.

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http://www.symscape.com/node/442

Date

2007-07-10

Author

Syguy

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Please attribute this image with 'Original Image courtesy of Symscape' and a link to http://www.symscape.com/.


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